PWD BK W7000-893 Proceedings.CDR - Mountain Lion Foundation

MOUNTAIN LION POPULATION ESTIMATION USING AERIAL SAMPLING OF
TRACKS IN SNOW....................................................................................................................................................59
MOUNTAIN LION PREDATION ON ELK CALVES IN NORTH-CENTRAL IDAHO.................................59
WHAT IS REVEALED IN A MOUNTAIN LIONS HEEL: USING HEEL SHAPE TO
ASCERTAIN IDENTITY.............................................................................................................................................60
STATUS OF THE PUMA IN THE MEXICAN CHIHUAHUAN DESERT.......................................................60
MOUNTAIN LION USE OF OPEN, EDGE, AND FOREST HABITAT:
EVIDENCE FOR OPTIMAL FORAGING? ...........................................................................................................61
ARE EXOTIC PUMAS BREEDING IN BRITAIN? ................................................................................................61
REGIONAL SCALE COUGAR HABITAT MODELLING IN SOUTHWESTERN
ALBERTA, CANADA ................................................................................................................................................62
FLORIDA PANTHERS IN A WETLAND ECOSYSTEM .....................................................................................62
MOUNTAIN LION PREDATION ON ENDANGERED WOODLAND CARIBOU,
MULE DEER, AND WHITE-TAILED DEER.........................................................................................................63
MOUNTAIN LION HOME RANGE USE IN A FRAGMENTED LANDSCAPE ..........................................64
HABITAT FACTORS AFFECTING HUNTING SUCCESS OF COUGARS AND WOLVES IN
NORTHWESTERN MONTANA.............................................................................................................................64
FLORIDA PANTHER GENETIC RESTORATION: A STATUS REPORT........................................................65
RECOVERY OF THE FLORIDA PANTHER: ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE NEEDS ...................65
AGING COUGARS IN THE FIELD FROM BIRTH TO DEATH .......................................................................66
ENERGETICS OF FREE ROAMING MOUNTAIN LIONS IN THE GREAT BASIN....................................67
HABITAT COMPOSITION OF SUCCESSFUL KILL SITES FOR LIONS IN
SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH ...........................................................................67
LONG TERM POPULATION TRENDS OF MOUNTAIN LIONS IN
SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN UTAH ...........................................................................68
REGULATING HUNTING OF MOUNTAIN LIONS: A METAPOPULATION APPROACH ....................68
THE APPLICATION OF A RICHARDS CURVE GROWTH MODEL TO COUGARS
IN THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN.....................................................................................................................69
USE OF DISPERSAL DISTANCE TO ASSESS THE LONG TERM CONSERVATION
OF MOUNTAIN LIONS ...........................................................................................................................................69
ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE "EUROPEAN MOUNTAIN LION" (LYNX LYNX). .............70
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISPERSAL AND GENE FLOW AMONG POPULATIONS OF
MOUNTAIN LIONS (PUMA CONCOLOR) IN FRAGMENTED HABITAT ................................................70
CRITERIA USED TO IMPLEMENT PUBLIC SAFETY COUGAR REMOVALS WITH
THE USE OF DOGS..................................................................................................................................................71
PREY ITEMS OF MOUNTAIN LIONS IN A FORESTRY SYSTEM IN BRAZIL...............................................72
DENSITY AND RESILIENCE OF MOUNTAIN LIONS IN A FORESTRY SYSTEM IN BRAZIL..................72
THE EFFECTS OF PREDATOR CONTROL ON MOUNTAIN LIONS IN TEXAS.......................................72